The need to disentangle assessment and feedback in higher education

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2022, Pages 656-667

  Winstone, Naomi E ^a   Boud, David ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; feedback; formative; students; summative

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086946636     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2020.1779687     Document Type: Article

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